Saxony wants to use voluntary working time accounts for teachers to curb the acute shortfall in teaching at schools. The model will be introduced for the coming 2026/27 school year, the Ministry of Culture announced. Teachers who opt for the scheme will initially have to give one or two more lessons for a few years and then make up for this later with less work.
If many teachers opt for such a working time account, this could result in a significant increase in teaching hours, at least in the next few years. "I expressly encourage our teachers to participate. The more they make use of this option, the fewer lessons will be missed during the current particularly challenging times in Saxony," explained Minister of Education Conrad Clemens (CDU).
